Regina Rodriguez is a Partner with Faegre and Benson, and is an experienced trial lawyer. Her practice focuses on defense of medical drug and device cases. Prior to joining the firm in 2002, Gina was chief of the Civil Division in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado. In this role, she supervised and directed all active civil cases for the office including employment discrimination, environmental, tort, health care and other types of government investigations.

Gina was appointed as a member of the Attorney General's Civil Chief's working group. Her representative experience in drug and device litigation include representation of pharmaceutical manufacturers in defense of product liability claims (PPA, HRT), representation of a vaccine manufacturer in defense of product liability claims (DTaP, influenza) and representation of a national laboratory in defense of alleged laboratory error.

Gina also has trial experience in other product liability and tort issues including, representation of an agribusiness client in a 4-month jury trial in the federal district court of Idaho of over 400 crop growers alleged off-target movement of herbicide applied by the Bureau of Land Management on government-controlled land, representation of a Fortune 500 restaurant chain in defense of claimed §1981 civil rights violation, representation of a Major League Baseball team in defense of numerous personal injury claims arising from an escalator malfunction.

Gina has received professional recognition from Super Lawyers, Personal Injury Defense: Products, 2009. Her presentations include 2009 Complex Litigation Summit: Internal Investigations, Faegre & Benson Seminar (2009); Back to School: Director Education 2004, Faegre & Benson Seminar (2004) and How to Prepare for Trial ‘I Need a Miracle', Colorado Women's Bar Association Convention (2002) among many others.